Fold-collar.



H. E. SHUMWAY.

FOLD COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 18, 1915..

Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

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warren stares rarnnr ornrct HARRY 1 E. SI -IUMWAY, OF WATERFORD, .NEWYORK, .ASSIGNOR TO VAN ZAND'I', JACOBS 6c (30., 0F TROY, NEW YORK, ACORPORATION OF NEV] YORK.

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Application filed December 18, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY E. SHUMWAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at hl' aterford, county of Saratoga, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fold-Collars, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawing, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which torm a part of this specification.Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figurestherein.

The invention relates to fold-collars of various kinds, and isparticularly adapted for soft or unstarched fold-collars.

The principal object of the invention is to retain in proper position inuse, the endportions of the folded-over top of the collar.

@ther objects will appear in connection with the following description.

Figure l of the drawings is a front View in perspective of a fold-collarembodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a broken-away front portion of the collarwith the ends of the folded-over top unbuttoned and folded back toexpose the long end of the band.

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of an endportion of the collar showing theinner side of the long end of the band.

Fig. l is a view in perspective of the button-carrying tape whereby theend-portions of the folded-over top are secured together and also to thelong end of the band.

Referring to the drawing wherein the invention is shown in preferredform, 1 is the band, and, 2, is the folded-over top, the band having along end, 3, insertible between the band and folded-over top at theother end of the collar.

The band has the usual buttonholes for attachment to the neckband of ashirt, including the usual ti ont buttonhole, 4, in the long end of theband.

Symmetrically located on opposite sides of the front buttonhole, l, area pair of buttonholes, 5, formed in the long end of the band.

The end-portions of the folded-over top Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Qct. 16, 191?.

Serial m. 67,678.

are provided respectively with buttonholes, 6, coincident with therespective buttonholes, 5, in the long end of the band.

Back of the long end of the band is a link, 7, having near itsrespective ends buttons, 8, at a distance apart corresponding with thebuttonholes, 55, in the long end of the band, which buttons are adaptedto be inserted outwardly, one through one of the buttonholcs, 5, in theband and the coincident buttonhole, 6, in the adjacent end-portion ofthe folded-over top, and the other through the other buttonhole, 5, inthe band and the other buttcnhole, 6, in the adjacent end-portion of thetop coincident therewith.

Vvhen the link is thus buttoned to the band and top of the collar, asshown in Fig. 1, it is concealed back of the long end of the band andprevents the ends of the top from spreading apart, and also holds eachend of the top closely to the band.

The link, 7, is preferably made separate from the collar and detachablyconnected therewith so that it can be removed from the collar while thecollar is being laundered, thus avoiding destruction or loss of thebuttons in the laundering operation.

The link, 7, may be made of tape or other suitable material; and thebuttons, 8, may be attached thereto in any known manner.

By the term buttons, I mean to include any of the usual forms of studsor buttons adapted for engagement with a buttonhole.

lVhat- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A fold-collar having a band, a foldedover top provided withbuttonholes in its respective end-portions, said band being pro videdwith usual means for detachably securing its ends together and to theneckband of a shirt, and with buttonholes coincident with the respectivebuttonholes in the endportions of the folded-over top; and a linkconcealed by the band having buttons insertible outwardly through therespective coincident buttonholes in the band and endportions of thefolded-over top.

2. A fold-collar having a band with a long end provided with the usualfront buttonhole and With a pair of other buttonholes symmetricallylocated on opposite sides of said front buttonhole; a folded-overtoppro- *ided with bntto iholes in its endportions coincident with therespective symmetrically disposed buttonholes in the long end of theband; and a link extending back of the long end of the band havingbuttons insertible through the respective coincident apertures in thelong end of the band and the end, 10 portions of the top. V In testimonywhereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of December, 1915.

HARRY El SHUMWAY.

Copies or" this patent'may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. E.

